Casting of printing furniture



Aug. 22, 1933. B. M. LANSER CASTING 0F PRINTING FURNITURE Filed Sept. 18, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l g- ,1933. B. M. LANSER 23,218

CASTING OF PRINTING FURNITURE Filed Sept. 18, 1931 2 he 2 IHIIEKIIB 1M mum" II F IIIII|||| "IIIIP llllllllllll- 'IIIIIIIIIIIII llllllllll ll l T' 'llll Patented Aug. 22,. i933 I on 3 Basil MonradLanseri Sydney; 'New souui Wales. I a w Australia' w "'ijwnmimi1;smart 18, 19 1, ci-1 i 1 563,610, and in 111931 v invention has reierenceto the castingof 51 88.01 strips constituting printing furniture, thatdsto say, strips oi metal employed in'the capable of being arranged side by l sldeor-mrectangular form to iillthespaces betype assembled in a chase; and

;,also ,in setting up in a chase, knives.

in cutting and card !or thecasting of therequired furniture ordinary-type metal on typographic commachines, such as those-marketed under 'm.. m In and? f tyn' f of metalis thereby effected and settm flight the type matter or. cutting and creasing -wis.ifi m ifi 0! the type imia referred molten typemetal, and means for supporting matrices conveyed from the e of the machine and iustified b operation of the usual keyboard. I 4 w According to my invention in its application to '7 a Linotype machine,'I insert a'cut-away liner or filling strip 01' suitable width, under the mould at each end of one of the moulds formed in or on the rotatable mould disc. One of these cut-away linersor filling strips projects into the mould a distance equal'to the width otthe furnititre tofbe produced, serving to form a step'at oneerldottheiurniture, Y

W to allow of themolten metal, delivered from ,the melting pot entering that portion of the mouldimmediately above the projecting portion 1 oflaid liner or filling strip, I partly cut away the 1 ribs formed on the corresponding end of the gmould-can.

I also provide an ejector blade of appropriate length for pushing the cast iurhiture from its mould into a chute below by means'oi' which the furniture is deliveredto the tray provided at the treat of the machine for reception of slugs cast Should itbe desired to form a, step at both ends I or the i'urniture I may employ two extended liners or filling strips, one being inserted at end otthe mould, in whichcase the ribs at mum having a plurality (orm radially about its centre which be moved into 'a. position between.

2 china. ronies-55f both ends of the mould cap would be cutawayas hereinbefore explained.

Where the furniture is=required for the setting up of type matter or cutting andcreasing means which will be-subjected to much use, it is advisorder to allow ofits' tendency in common with, other printing iurniture, to creep towards the level of the type faces oredgesiof the cutting and creasing means as the case might be, and interable to reduce the height, of the furniture in j fere with the eflicientout-put oi the machine in which the chase is mounted.

To provide for this the height of the furniture may be reduced by cutting in the usual manner, but preferably Iemploy a filling strip having its face formed complementary to the front portion of the mouldingcavity, and capable of beingrheld in one of the usual slide blocks, say. a border 7 block,, employed in the machine, so that thebreadth of said cavity will be reduced accordingly. But in order that my invention may behclearly comprehended, and readily carried into practicalefiect, reference is now made to the drawings accompanying andiorming part3)! thiscomplete specification and which Intertype"inould.,

show partloian Figure 1 is a front elevation showing in broken: a 7 lines a mould idiscof thetype employed-in the beforernentioned composing machinesfand inltull lines one oithe mouldaembcidymg myimprove-J ments, mounted thereon. t

Figure 2 a perspective view on an enlarged scale of the'mould cap-seen in 1, and the liners adapted to be interposed betweensaid cap and the body of the mould. g I 1 I Figure 3 is a perspective view of a piece of the furnitureproduced in'accordance with my in-' vention, of the makimum size capable 01' being cast when the mould-capshown by Figure 2 is 1 employed. Figure 4 is a plan type matter set upwith the aid of furniture pro-, duced in accordance with my invention; 1 i

Figure 5 is a similar view of a chase illustrating the utility of the furniture in the setting upot' knives and rulers'for cutting and creasing cardboard blanksin the production of cartons.

height than that illustrated'by Figure 3. g

view of a chase containing Figure 6 is a perspectiveview of. portion of the i filling strip used to produce furniture or less no Figure '1 is a perspective view of portion oi' a matrix slide block of h the. kind usuallyemployed in conjunction withthemould'disc shown in Figure 1, wherein the filling p. illustrated by Figure 6 is adapted to'be hel j v. r

Figure Sshowsji'n plan view, for

the purpose or comparison, theright hand end of the pieceof furniture shown in 3, and in juxtaposition with it; thecorresponding end of a piece of the ig mM-wn mm v strip shown 7 furniture produced when'the filling The Qshown in 1. usual means provided on it for the mounting of a plurality of moulds about its centre.

' One such mould shown in the uppe'rmest portion of this figure.- Each comprises 9.,bpdy portion 10, cap 11 and liners 12 adapted to be interposed between said body. portion anduibs'cap; The moulding cavity is designated by the refer-e ence numeral 13. i v v I The cap 11 is of usual construction, butin ace cordance with my inventionhas two of its ribs apart fromthe mmimeapii; the dotted lines in- 14 of the cap.

and 5.

eture 20 and 21' Ill-mam 'beine clamped-m 14' partly cut away to allow the molten type metal sprayed intolthe cavity 13 as ordinarily; to ex- .tendinto the portion of the cavity immediately extends into the mould cavityi f above that portion of the left'hand liner 12 which The co-operation of liners 12*withthe mould capfto produce the furniture illustrated by' Figare 3 will be clearly understood on referenceto the'first' two'flgures' of thedrawings, r a v In Figure 2the liners "12am shown in full lines (heating the position they would occupy rela ti'vely to the cap in the assembled mould. The left handliner'12' projects into the'moulding'cavity '13 a'distance equivalent tothe width of the furniture 15, in order thatv four'pieces ofthe maybe interlocked to produce a rectangular space as illustrated in Figures 4 are athenmng strip 25 illustrated by Figure 6 This strip 25'has a plurality of recesses 26 formedon its face, complement? 10 the outer endsofthelribsfl of the muld cap '11, in order that it may be capable of blocking the foremost portionof the mould cavity .13 throughout the .whole of its length.

The strip shaped on its rear face for insertlon'in the slide block shown in Figure '7,

whereby. itmay be directed into the mould cavity 13 on movement of the usual matrix elevator of the machine in well known manner. I

Thefumiture is removed from the mould in the ordinary way' by operation of the usual plate providedfor ejecting slugs produced by the machine, but care'must be taken to select a p ate for purpose that betweenthe' liners V Itwill be obvious that the cutting away of the ribs 14 of'the cap 11 in them'anner explained does not preclude the use'of the cap in the'progduction of the ordinary type face slugs. In the case of a Linotype mould the lines would also require to be cut away at the ends'inaddition to the ribs; as 'will be readilyfflndrstc'pbdby' those versed i the art. r

1 -v I 'IJMeans for the casting of slugs for use'as furniture; comprising a' mould-body; a cap therefor said mould cap being provided with spaced ribs'extending from the -;rear'to the front of thefmould cavityand certain of said ribs 'being'but away, and a liner disposed beneath the cut away portion of the mouldcap for forminga step'in the slug cast in said mould body.

2.Means for the=casting of slugs for use as furniture, comprising ,a-'mould body, a mould cap therefor provided with spaced ribs extend- I fromythe rear to thefrontof the mould cavitmafilling strip for reducing the cavity having a" plurality of recesses formed on its face a complementary to the outer ends of the spaced ribs on the cap, said mould cap being cut away jat certain it! the'ribs, and "a liner-disposed beneath the cutawa portionof the mould cap for forma 8 1 he i em "BasmMonnAn a 

